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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 3h

No cometary imaging this morning. It was initially clear but high clouds were rolling in and they beat me to it I'm afraid. I briefly captured the Moon though 🔭🧪😁

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 11h

I can never resist a rough and ready edit before bed so here it is. Saturn shining in the southeast tonight. 🔭🧪

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 12h

It's a beautiful evening for astrophotography. Saturn in the viewfinder and the Moon looking on 🔭🧪

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 20h

Got the Dobsonian out the other morning, only for visual use, because I have to re-learn the whole astrophotography workflow every damn year 😒

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 1d

It's an amazing bit of kit. Minutes to set up and then play time!

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 1d

It's just 4 x 30 s exp with the Seestar S50. I took more but the motion of the comet against the background stars becomes very obvious when stacking images. I've tried stacking individual frames, but the telescope recentering makes, the algorithms in Siril fail and the result is multiple nuclei.

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 1d

Sorry I normally say what equipment I use. Yes it's using a Seestar S50 but a regular DSLR would show it well now I should think.

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 1d

C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) captured with the Seestar S50 this morning from Billingborough, Lincs, UK 🔭🧪

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 1d

I was lucky this morning. A sheet of cirrocumulus/altocumulus moved from west to east at just the right time, but the Moon was BRIGHT!!

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 2d

I love it that everyone loves a #supermoon. Tonight is the night so #DoLookUp!

Fine print: this astronomical event comes with a expectation-management disclaimer:
*The Supermoon is only 15% brighter than a normal full moon and I personally can not tell the difference 🤔
*Every moon is SUPER🔭🥳

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · Nov 16

If you've got clear skies, go outside and wave at our neighbour who is looking particularly stunning tonight. And if you have them, root out the binoculars to get a closer look at the grey maria: ~3.5 billion years ago these were seas of molten lava 🤓 #supermoon 🔭🧪

A moonlit beach with ripples in the sand. The water is reflecting the moon light with tiny fluffy clouds in the sky. In the foreground is the wooden breaker and a red metal marker with the number 2 on the top of it.

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 2d

It really doesn't matter where you point your camera in the constellation of Cygnus because it's full of jewels. Here's 30 Cyg, 31 Cyg and 32 Cyg against a myriad of sparkling diamonds. 12 x 60 s exposures, stacked and denoised in the Seestar S50 app 🔭🧪

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 2d

The beautiful Moon. No words are needed. Go outside and just stare and soak it up. 🔭🧪

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 8d

Me neither!! 😆

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 9d

You just never know these days... IS there a way to tell?

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 9d

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) this morning. Captured with Seestar S50 28 x 10 s exposures stacked and denoised in the Seestar app. 🔭🧪

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 15d

The Crescent Nebula tonight. An emission nebula, 5000 light years away, produced when the Wolf-Rayet star in the centre of the image, entered its red supergiant phase, and ejected material equivalent to 5 solar masses. That material is still moving away from the star at a rate of 80km/s. 🔭🧪

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 15d

I wondered what that was when I saw them in my images. I knew they were Starlink but hadn't seen anything like it. Thanks for enlightening me.

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 16d

It is remarkable.

ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 16d

It's a beautifully crisp autumn evening so I thought I'd start this season with a well placed easy target. Messier 31, the Andromeda galaxy, accompanied by M110 to the right, and M32 to the left in this image. Taken with Seestar S50, 140 x 30 second exposures, stacked and denoised in Seestar app. 🔭🧪

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 16d

Top #Equinox fact: Today is the day that the Sun rises due East and sets due West.

At the December solstice the sun rises in the South East. At the June solstice it rises in the North East. As the days pass between the two, the sunrise position slowly changes passing due East each equinox.👇🤩 🔭🧪

EarthSky @earthskyscience.bsky.social · 19d

The sun’s movement from day to day along your horizon is most noticeable around the equinoxes. So on this #equinox, start tracking the sunset point on your western horizon. You'll see a mighty shift between now and the December solstice. 🔭 Read more at: buff.ly/oSkJsGb

📸 Rupesh Sangoi.

Composite of 11 photos with sun just above a low mountain showing positions of the sun at dawn on 11 dates.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16d

The truth: we need migration.

The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it.

Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality.

Reject it. Draw the line.

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 16d

In 5-hours time at 18:20 UTC this spotted-beauty will cross the celestial equator, marking the Northern Hemisphere’s autumn equinox and the Southern Hemisphere's spring equinox 🔭🧪

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 16d

Winter is coming..... 🔭🧪 #Equinox

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ˢᶦᵐᵒⁿ ᵐᶦⁿⁿᶦᶜᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃˢ ☀️🌙🌍✨ @minnican.com · 17d

🍂🍁Wishing you a joyful Mabon filled with gratitude, balance, and the cozy embrace of autumn! May your harvest be bountiful 🍎🍐and your hearts full of love!🍂🍁 Blessed be! ✨

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 19d

Celestial alignment captured by @peterlewis55.bsky.social this afternoon! Behold the Moon, on its journey around the Earth, moving to temporarily block out the light from planet Venus. 🔭🧪

Absolutely cracking photos Peter - thanks so much for sharing!

Peter Lewis @peterlewis55.bsky.social · 19d

A few captures as Venus and the 5% waning gibbous Moon moved until the planet disappeared behind. #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social 2/2

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